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This innovative text offers a clear and concise introduction to Latin America since independence. Thomas C. Wright traces continuity and change in five colonial legacies, showing how crucial they have been in shaping contemporary political systems, economies, societies, and religious institutions in a richly diverse region.
List of contents
Acknowledgments
Acronyms
Map of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean
Map of South America
Introduction
Part I: Colonial Roots
Chapter 1: Origins of the Colonial Legacies
Part II: Independence and its Challenges, 1790s-1870s
Chapter 2: The Independence of Latin America
Chapter 3: The Age of Caudillos
Reflections on the Colonial Legacies, 1790s-1870s
Part III: Exports, Oligarchies, and Yankees, 1870s-1930
Chapter 4: The Export Economies
Chapter 5: Political Consolidation and Social Change
Chapter 6: Rise of the Yankee
Reflections on the Colonial Legacies, 1870s-1930
Part IV: Revolution, Depression, and Cold War, 1930-1959
Chapter 7: The Mexican Revolution
Chapter 8: Depression, Political Change, and Cold War
Reflections on the Colonial Legacies, 1930-1959
Part V: The Era of the Cuban Revolution, 1959-1990
Chapter 9: The Cuban Revolution
Chapter 10: The Cuban Revolution, Latin America, and the United States
Chapter 11: The Reaction: Repression and State Terrorism
Reflections on the Colonial Legacies, 1959-1990
Part IV: Contemporary Latin America, 1990-Present
Chapter 12: Neoliberalism, Democracy, the Pink Tide, and Other Developments since 1990
Reflections on the Colonial Legacies, 1990-Present
Conclusion: Colonial Legacies and Today's Latin America
Bibliography
Index
About the author
By Thomas C. Wright
Summary
This innovative text offers a clear and concise introduction to Latin America since independence. Thomas C. Wright traces continuity and change in five colonial legacies, showing how crucial they have been in shaping contemporary political systems, economies, societies, and religious institutions in a richly diverse region.
